Shoaib Akhtar carries teammate and captain Younis Khan on his back during a training session on the eve of the third and final Test between India and Pakistan at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Friday.

Pakistan, 0-1 down in the series, have never lost in four previous encounters at the Chinnaswamy stadium and are looking to repeat the showing of their last appearance at the venue when they beat India by 168 runs in 2004-05 to level the series 1-1.